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    Matki dal recipe | Moth beans curry

    March 24, 2022 by Raks Anand Leave a Comment / Jump to Recipe

    Matki dal is an easy and nutritious curry made with protein rich moth bean. A simple and easy curry in onion tomato base.

    moth bean curry, Matki dal
    Moth bean curry | Matki dal

    You can make it for lunch and goes well with steamed rice or phulka/ Roti.

    This was inspired by my green moong dal recipe on this site, and pairs well with this amazing bhindi do pyaza recipe.

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    • Ingredients
    • Sprouting matki
    • Instructions
    • Variations
    • Storage
    • Top tip
    • Recipe card

    Ingredients

    Here are the main ingredients needed for Matki dal

    Ingredients for matki dal
    Matki dal Ingredients
    • Moth bean sprouts/ or soaked moth beans
    • Onion
    • Tomato
    • Green chilli
    • Spice powders- Kashmiri chilli powder, turmeric, garam masala and coriander powder, amchoor powder
    • Ginger garlic paste
    • Lemon juice

    See recipe card for full list and quantities.

    Sprouting matki

    Though you can use just overnight soaked dal in this recipe, sprouting adds nutritional value.

    • Wash moth beans firstly & soak for 10 hours minimum.
    • After that, change the water and add little fresh, say ½ to ¾ cup.
    • Leave it overnight covered and it will absorb all the liquid and already started sprouting in the morning.
    • Just toss and keep covered. It will continue to grow evenly. Just make sure to sprinkle liquid if it gets dry.
    • Moth bean sprouts (Matki sprouts) ready!
    moth bean sprouts

    Instructions

    Prep

    • Take moth beans and wash it firstly. Add enough water and soak overnight.
    • You can alternately sprout as I did for more nutritional value. (Refer above for sprouting process)
    • Drain water and keep the dal ready.
    1. Take a small pressure cooker. Add oil to it firstly followed by cumin, asafoetida, green chilli.
    tempering

    2. Then add onion and saute till transparent.

    onion
    soft

    3. After that, add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.

    ginger garlic paste
    saute

    4. In goes tomato puree (just grind tomato cubes in blender), followed by spice powders.1 teaspoon Red chilli powder,½ teaspoon Cumin seeds powder,¼ teaspoon Turmeric,1 teaspoon Garam masala

    tomato, spices

    5. Mix well and continue cooking for 5 minutes or until oil separates and water content evaporates.

    mix

    It may splutter initially so, you can partially cover. Stir occasionally to avoid burning.

    oil oozes

    6. Now add moth beans, 1 & ½ cups water, salt, amchoor powder, jaggery and mix well.

    matki sprouts for dal
    amchoor, jaggery

    7. Pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium flame. If sprouts 2 whistles is enough, if just overnight soaked bean, cook furthermore for total 4 whistles.

    pressure cook

    8. Once pressure is released naturally, open the lid and mix, mash some dal for creamy texture.

    after
    mash

    9. At this stage you can add cream for rich results, refer under 'Variations' for ideas.

    simmer matki dal

    10. Simmer for 2 minutes and adjust water if needed. It won't take much water, so add carefully.

    simmer

    11. Switch off the flame, add lemon juice finally and mix well.

    lemon
    Matki dal ready

    Serve with steamed rice or phulka/ roti.

    matki dal | Moth bean curry
    Matki dal

    Variations

    • Ginger garlic paste - you can add just finely chopped ginger or garlic any one of it.
    • No onion no garlic version - Skip onion, GG paste and use just finely chopped ginger
    • Deluxe - Add butter and cream just like you would add to dal makhani. If so, do it once you mash the dal and simmer. For this recipe, you can add ¼ cup cooking cream and 1 tablespoon of butter.

    Storage

    You can store the dal after cooling down for upto 3 days in fridge. Or freeze upto 3 months.

    matki dal recipe
    Matki dal

    Top tip

    • While cooking dal, use less water and once pressure cooked, mash it for a homogenous texture.
    • Sprouts gets cooked easily and gets digested easily as well. If just overnight soaked dal, give couple of more whistles.
    • Since matki dal can be bland easily, add lots of spices and tangy ingredients to balance the taste.

    Recipe card

    matki dal recipe
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    Matki dal recipe, Moth bean curry

    Matki dal is an easy and nutritious curry made with protein rich moth bean. A simple and easy curry in onion tomato base.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Soaking time 10 hours
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Moth beans Soaked overnight or sprouted (see above for method)
    • 1 Onion finely chopped
    • 2 Tomato pureed
    • 2 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
    • 1 Green chilli finely chopped
    • ½ teaspoon Jaggery
    • Salt
    • Spice powders
    • 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • 1 teaspoon Garam masala
    • 1 teaspoon Amchoor powder
    • ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds powder Roasted cumin seeds powder
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
    • ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
    • 3 tablespoon Oil
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
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    Instructions

    • Take moth beans and wash it firstly. Add enough water and soak overnight.
    • You can alternately sprout as I did for more nutritional value. (Refer above for sprouting process)
    • Drain water and keep the dal ready.
    • Take a small pressure cooker, temper with cumin seeds.
    • After that, add asafoetida and chopped green chilli.
    • Then add onion and saute till transparent.
    • After that, add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
    • In goes tomato puree, followed by spice powders.
      1 teaspoon Red chilli powder, ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds powder, ¼ teaspoon Turmeric, 1 teaspoon Garam masala
    • Mix well and continue cooking for 5 minutes or until oil separates. It may splutter so, you can partially cover. Stir occasionally to avoid burning.
    • Now add moth beans, 1 & ½ cups water, salt, amchoor powder, jaggery and mix well.
    • Pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium flame. If sprouts 2 whistles is enough, if just overnight soaked bean, cook furthermore for total 4 whistles.
    • Once pressure is released naturally, open the lid and mix, mash some dal for creamy texture.
    • At this stage you can add cream for rich results, refer under 'Variations' for ideas.
    • Simmer for 2 minutes and adjust water if needed. It won't take much water, so add carefully.
    • Switch off the flame, add lemon juice finally and mix well.

    Video

    Notes

    • While cooking dal, use less water and once pressure cooked, mash it for a homogenous texture. Sprouts gets cooked easily and gets digested easily as well. If just overnight soaked dal, give couple of more whistles.
    • Since matki dal can be bland easily, add lots of spices and tangy ingredients to balance the taste.
    • Use cooking cream and butter at end for creamy variation.
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